International Workshop on Sustainable Smart Cities

可持续智慧城市国际研讨会

• 批准号: 1629948
• 负责人: Fouad Fouad
• 金额: $ 7.62万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1629948&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Workshop; Sustainable; Smart; Cities

This workshop will bring together, in Egypt, 15 senior and 3 student participants from the US to meet with approximately 60 participants from Egypt and other countries in the Middle East and Europe to discuss and plan future research on Sustainable Smart Cities. Research on sustainable urban infrastructure and living is urgently needed as the pace of urbanization continues to increase. Some estimates suggest that by 2050 70% of the world?s population will live in cities. Already nearly one billion people live in urban slums that lack basic services like water and electricity. At the same time, cities consume a tremendous share of resources like water and energy for which demand globally is only increasing. Urbanization is increasing most rapidly in developing countries, making the topic of sustainable cities particularly valuable for collaboration between US and developing country scientists. Egypt is a particularly valuable location for this meeting, with Cairo facing some of the greatest urban infrastructure challenges of any city in the world. The main goals of the workshop are to:A. Provide a forum for engineers, scientists and planners to discuss current research on sustainable smart cities.B. Establish an international collaborative research agenda and promote joint research betweenC. US and Egyptian scientists in urban sustainabilityD. Outline opportunities for junior researchers in the form of training courses, fellowships, and educational exchangesThe topics proposed for the three-day meeting are:1. Sustainable Smart City Planning and Infrastructure2. The Built Environment3. Economic Aspects of Urban Development (Sustainable Smart Tourism)4. Impact of Smart Cities on Health and Quality of Life,5. The Role of Higher Education in Sustainable Smart Cities The overarching topic and selected themes are timely. Research efforts are underway in the US and around the world to find ways for cities to operate and grow that are efficient, attractive and economical while also supporting the needs of residents. This workshop will bring together experts from the US, Egypt, the rest of the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Europe to share results, coordinate new collaborative research endeavors and develop training materials, all of which will be valuable in the US and around the world. Because this meeting will bring together researchers committed to understanding and improving urban areas in developing countries, the potential for valuable knowledge exchange and longer term collaboration is tremendous. Funding for this project is provided by the Office of International Science and Engineering through the US-Egypt Joint Fund.

本次研讨会将汇集，在埃及，来自美国的15名高级和3名学生参与者，与来自埃及和中东和欧洲其他国家的约60名参与者会面，讨论和规划未来的可持续智慧城市研究。随着城市化的步伐不断加快，迫切需要对可持续城市基础设施和生活进行研究。一些估计表明，到2050年，70%的世界？中国的人口将居住在城市。已经有近10亿人生活在缺乏水电等基本服务的城市贫民窟。与此同时，城市消耗了大量的资源，如水和能源，全球对这些资源的需求只会增加。发展中国家的城市化发展最快，这使得可持续城市的主题对美国和发展中国家科学家之间的合作特别有价值。埃及是本次会议的一个特别有价值的地点，开罗面临着世界上任何城市都面临的一些最大的城市基础设施挑战。研讨会的主要目标是：A。为工程师、科学家和规划师提供一个论坛，讨论当前关于可持续智慧城市的研究。建立国际合作研究议程，促进C.美国和埃及科学家在城市可持续发展D.为青年研究人员提供培训课程、奖学金和教育交流等形式的机会。可持续的智慧城市规划和建设结构2.建筑环境3。城市发展的经济方面（可持续智能旅游）4。智慧城市对健康和生活质量的影响高等教育在可持续智慧城市中的作用总体主题和选定的主题是及时的。美国和世界各地正在进行研究工作，以寻找城市运营和发展的方法，这些方法既高效，有吸引力，又经济，同时还支持居民的需求。本次研讨会将汇集来自美国，埃及，中东/北非（MENA）和欧洲其他地区的专家，分享成果，协调新的合作研究工作，并开发培训材料，所有这些都将在美国和世界各地有价值。由于本次会议将汇集致力于了解和改善发展中国家城市地区的研究人员，因此有价值的知识交流和长期合作的潜力是巨大的。该项目的资金由国际科学和工程办公室通过美国-埃及联合基金提供。